Netcam Code Overview

The Camera Thread Side

• netcam_start(cnt)

• ret = netcam_next(cnt, map);

Netcam context struct

The Netcam Thread Side - netcam_start(cnt)

• Report to console and syslog that netcam is starting IF setup_mode
• Reserve memory for a netcam contect struct called cnt->netcam with local pointer name netcam
• Parse the URL given in cnt->conf.netcam_url (config option). Put result in netcam->url which is a struct type url_t.
  • parse_url->service = http
  • parse_url->userpass = username:password
  • parse_url->port = port number
  • parse_url->path = path on the server
• Initialize these mutexes insert what each is used for when you find out
  • netcam->mutex
  • netcam->image[0].mutex
  • netcam->image[1].mutex
  • netcam->which_cond
  • netcam->dirty_cond
• Initialize more netcam struct variables